Andra said, “When
my husband died, I was crushed. I didn’t
just drink, I went into hiding. It took
my girlfriends three years to pull me out.
I fear if I met someone, and something happened to him, nothing would
bring me back. I’d die drunk, with curtains drawn, and the house cold.”

“I don’t know
you well enough to say this, but you can’t let the past hold you hostage.
Believe me, I know.” She told a story that reminded me some people who seem to
have it all have been through it all.